Paternal obesity impacts child's chances of cancer
A father's obesity is one factor that may influence his children's health and potentially raise their risk for diseases like cancer, according to new research from Duke Medicine.
Feb 5, 2013
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A father's obesity is one factor that may influence his children's health and potentially raise their risk for diseases like cancer, according to new research from Duke Medicine.
Feb 5, 2013
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A letrozole pill once a week restored fertility in obese, infertile men and led to their partners giving birth to two full-term, healthy babies, according to a new study from Canada. The results will be presented Thursday ...
Mar 6, 2015
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A new paper in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that receiving assisted reproductive technology does not increase the risk women have for developing ovarian cancer.
Nov 18, 2020
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British couples looking to conceive through artificial insemination face uncertainty if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal because sperm would no longer be imported from EU countries under existing legislation.
Aug 24, 2018
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A new genetic test for sperm could help determine whether a couple should resort to in vitro fertilization to conceive a child, researchers say.
Jul 8, 2015
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A large cohort study found that babies born to men who took metformin during the period of sperm development were at increased risk for birth defects, specifically genital defects in boys. These finding suggest that men with ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Some rare cases of higher genetic mutation rates in children, known as hypermutation, could be linked to the father receiving certain chemotherapy treatments, new research has found.
May 11, 2022
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Considered an experimental procedure during the late 1970s when it made headlines with each birth it produced, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has helped many couples overcome infertility issues for more than four decades. In ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Each cell contains a set of instructions in its DNA that determines which genes are expressed and which are silenced. The correct programming of these so-called epigenetic programs, including DNA methylation, is essential ...
Jun 11, 2024
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One of the most common add-ons to IVF procedures undertaken in Australia and globally by infertile couples may be a waste of time as well as expensive and invasive, and maybe even reduce the chances of success, according ...
Feb 6, 2024
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